ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A creation myth acts as a cornerstone for distinguishing primary reality from relative reality, the origin and nature of being from non-being. In this sense cosmogonic myths serve as a philosophy of life – but one expressed and conveyed through symbol rather than through systematic reason.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the beginning there was a period of Chaos, when air, water, and matter were combined in a formless mixture. On this floated a Cosmic Egg, from which arose Gaea (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). These deities created the earth and its creatures and the Sun, Moon, and Stars. Thus the Greeks accounted for creation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The subjects of myths reflect the universal concerns of mankind throughout history: birth, death, the afterlife, the origin of man and the world, good and evil and the nature of man himself. A myth taps into a universal cultural narrative, the collective wisdom of man.

Detailed explanation-4: -This week we are going to analyze the oldest creation story ever recorded, known as the Eridu Genesis. This story was written in the 2nd Millenium BCE by the Sumerians. While mankind had existed prior to that time for thousands and tens of thousands of years, this was the first creation story ever recorded in history.